were not at all contested, that you know were never in question when it came to who was going to win the 2020 election. he and these other folks who are questioning the results of the 2020 election are so committed to this they want to spread this across the country, brianna. it s so important to note, sara, that it s not, like, all republicans are buying into these claims. it is important to note. you know, we saw that pushback from john merrill. we know there are a number of other secretaries of state that have heard of these claims that douglas frank are making. they re republicans and they have come out publicly and reaffirmed their election results. we know privately there are lawmaker who is have heard this presentation and come away thinking, that s interesting. that seems incredible. and they do checking of their own and go back to colleagues, other republican lawmakers and say i ve talked to mathematicians, election experts. this is not what s going on. we don t see that i
to former president trump and the my pillow guy is one of the foot soldiers traveling the country to spread the big lie. see what cnn s sara murray has uncovered. just about every county in the country was hacked. reporter: this is how the big lie that the 2020 election was stolen gets even bigger. i m standing against a whole establishment who say, oh, that was the cleanest election in history. reporter: that is douglas frank with the financial backing of other conspiracy-minded americans, claiming he uncovered an algorithm. i d like the country to stand up and say, well, this was ripped off. let s do a do-over. put trump back in office. reporter: frank s findings have been debunked by mathematicians and election
history. reporter: that s douglas frank, an ohio math and science teacher who s travelled here to texas and dozens of other states with the financial backing of other conspiracy minded americans, claiming he uncovered an algorithm claiming the elect election was stolen. i d like the country to stand up and say, wow, this thing was ripped off. let s do a do-over or put trump back in office. reporter: frank s findings have been debunked by mathematicians and election experts. and more than a year later, there is no evidence of widespread fraud in the 2020 election. but frank is still winning elections with lawmakers, election officials across the country. we re going into each state clandestinely and i meet privately with legislators and secretaries of states and attorneys general. reporter: he is just one in an army of foot soldiers inspired by donald trump s election lies, now trying to convince others the 2020
we already see a lot of i.t. workers in russia for example rushing for exits. i think you ll see a lot of other creative technical types who may have opportunities abroad try and do the same thing. in addition to preliminary dissidents, protesters, journalists, others who may be fearing for their lives. those who are less politically inclined may also want to leave as well because they just don t see a future for themselves there. at least under this leadership. so in the long run, yeah, that s going to be very hard on the russian economy. and other countries may be able to benefit from that if we see a lot of skilled russian workers deciding that they want to leave the country and take their talents elsewhere, which we saw this during the cold war. we saw this immediately after the fall of the soviet union. we saw a huge brain drain from russia. a lot of mathematicians and scientists left for the west when they were finally able to
The Institute for Advanced Study is pleased to announce the establishment of the Albers-Schönberg Professorship in the History of Science in the School of Historical Studies .